I got scammed a few times just as you did. Sold both when I learned the truth as they made me angry just looking at them. Mine were small potatoes affairs though, a few hundred bucks lost at most. I have to say though that your attitude is tremendous.
Good luck with your sales or legal...
Fantastic! And beautiful.
It would go well with my 59 espanada. I'd have to fight the urge to put another one of those supro pickups in the bridge.
Glws